Programming Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

by Charles Petzold

25-Word Description The top-selling author shows developers how to use Visual Basic .NET to get the most out of Windows Forms -- the next-generation Windows programming class library. 75-Word Description ""Look it up in Petzold"" remains the last word on Windows development. In this Microsoft .NET-ready guide to the state-of-the-art programming features in Visual Basic .NET, the best-selling author shows developers how to get the most out of Windows Forms -- the next-generation Windows programming class library. Developers will discover how to use Visual Basic .NET to create dynamic user interfaces and graphical outputs for Windows applications. With dozens of examples of client applications to illustrate common techniques and plenty of no-nonsense advice on best programming practices, the average developer can advance far beyond the basics with Visual Basic .NET right away.

1300 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Charles Petzold has been writing about programming for Windows-based operating systems for 24 years. A Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development and a Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, currently in its sixth edition and one of the best-known programming books of all time; the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software; and more than a dozen other books.

Reviews

[Dralex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had been programming at a layman's level for twenty odd years before reading this book. I then found myself in the position where I had to teach computer programming to upper secondary school students. So I had to take an interest that was personal and was that of a hobbyist to something rather greater. This book was not easy going, but for the first time I started to understand aspects of the conceptual framework that is needed for programming, particularly within the VB.NET environment. Occasionally Petzold would describe methods A and B that can be used to achieve a particular programming objective, and would then reveal method C as the best, and I'd wonder why he didn't come to the point a bit more quickly and without putting his ignorant reader through the frustration of working through the less efficient code. Even despite this, I think it would be churlish and unfair for me to award anything less than five stars to a book from which I learnt a tremendous amount.